Whatever your work is, put your heart into it as if it were for the Lord and not for men, knowing that the Lord will repay you by making you his heirs. It is Christ the Lord that you are serving.

Short Responsory

The virtuous man will bloom like the lily.

– The virtuous man will bloom like the lily.

He will grow for ever before the Lord.

– The virtuous man will bloom like the lily.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

– The virtuous man will bloom like the lily.

Canticle

Magnificat

My soul rejoices in the Lord

When Jesus started to teach, he was about thirty years old, being the son, as it was thought, of Joseph.

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,

and my spirit rejoices in God, my salvation.

For he has shown me such favour –

me, his lowly handmaiden.

Now all generations will call me blessed,

because the mighty one has done great things for me.

His name is holy,

his mercy lasts for generation after generation

for those who revere him.

He has put forth his strength:

he has scattered the proud and conceited,

torn princes from their thrones;

but lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things;

the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel,

he has remembered his mercy as he promised to our fathers,

to Abraham and his children for ever.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

When Jesus started to teach, he was about thirty years old, being the son, as it was thought, of Joseph.

Prayers and intercessions

Let us pray to God our Father, for from him all fatherhood in heaven and on earth takes its name.

– Father, hallowed be your name

Father, in your Son you revealed to Joseph the mystery kept secret for endless ages:

help us to acknowledge your Son as God and man.

– Father, hallowed be your name

Father, you enabled Joseph to spend his life in your service:

set our minds on your kingdom and your justice before all other things.

– Father, hallowed be your name

Father, your will is that every man should accept and answer your call:

by the prayer of Joseph, give us the grace to live in accord with your will.

– Father, hallowed be your name

Creator of all things, you have entrusted your work to our hands:

grant that our labours may prove worthy of you.

– Father, hallowed be your name

Father, in whom all men live, grant to those who have died new life, through your Son;

with Mary, and Joseph, and all your saints for ever.

– Father, hallowed be your name

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Almighty God,

at the beginnings of our salvation,

when Mary conceived your Son and brought him forth in to the world,

you placed them under Joseph’s watchful care.

May his prayer still help your Church

to be an equally faithful guardian of your mysteries

and a sign of Christ to mankind.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.

Amen.

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